Brandon Adams

Airborne stretcher bearer

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

For the first time, the B.C. government has released the vaccination status AND ages of people currently in ICU due to #COVID19

84% of cases are in people unvaccinated, and none of the cases are in fully vaccinated people under 40.

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@paramedicbart @timelord49 @jarmstrongbc @GlobalBC @BC_EHS GVRD FDs did their best to bailout @BCEHS during the heatwave. They don't normally respond to low-acuity calls, but triaged & helped where possible. @VanFireRescue & others should be lauded--they maintained fire suppression response (for which they are AHJs) while helping out. 👍

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

Let us remember that those who heal wounds necessarily bear them. Dona eis requiem.

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Hi, ER Doc here.

RT if you’ve ever done CPR on someone and they survived.

Trying to prove something.

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

My fave:

20ish YOM. 4 stabs to cardiac box.

Rapidest transport to trauma centre. Arrested enroute—CPR (I know: no fluid to pump, no real point) in transit.

Resuscitative thoracotomy immediately on arrival. RV hole. Occlusion c Foley. ROSC.

Extubated next day. DC c 0 sequelae

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Hi, ER Doc here.

RT if you’ve ever done CPR on someone and they survived.

Trying to prove something.

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@paulharris53 @APBC873 @BC_EHS 'Foxtrot' shifts (an hourly stipend set @ BC min wage + full rate of pay when responding to calls) will be eliminated in March 2022 per the latest collective agreement.

Hopefully this will mean more full-time work for BC's rural/remote paramedics & better coverage for citizens.

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@paulharris53 @APBC873 2. Moreover, the call volumes for medics are far higher. In 2013, StatsCan reports there were 6676 fire events in BC. (https://t.co/XGMGR7VvaZ) In the same period, BC medics responded to 413,123 pre-hospital emergencies. In 2016, BCAS responded to 6166 cardiac arrests alone!

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@richardzussman @CDCofBC Surprising that paramedics aren't being prioritized with front-line healthcare (eg ED nurses)

As @BC_EHS Critical Care Paramedic, I'm tasked with moving ventilated COVID+ patient's from outlying hospitals to ICU/COVID wards. Yet we're prioritized with grocery workers...

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

Yo @BC_EHS:1st step to fixing a problem is acknowledging it's a problem

Geographically, PT medics serve major. of BC. PTers have no min pay: just call-out pay/stipends. In xchange they have no obligation to work. This leads to ++service gaps

Don't spin it: We (@APBC873) need Δ!

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

This is huge! The @BC_EHS MIRRT team represents a new way CCP @critcare_medics /ACPs/PCPs can provide rapid site support to rural/remote crises. Shoutout to @BCEHS_CPP @Olevikingolsen for spearheading. Godspeed @Code4Kevin @Coq83 @ScottHaig @LozDarlington31!

[BC Emergency Health Services @BC_EHS]

BCEHS Major Incident Rapid Response Team was deployed to Fort St. James today to help support local #paramedics and #patients in the community. This specialized team was developed as part of our #COVID19BC pandemic response efforts. #PatientCare

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

I'm extraordinarily disappointed in the recent one-sided @APBC873 communique calling recent "negativity" around institutional bias in Canadian policing an "emotional response" not based on fact.

I've attached my response as an open letter. #SilenceIsViolence ♥️ 🚑

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

😍

#donair

Polygyros https://t.co/eG4r7KEHVa via @YouTube

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

Shout out to our #criticalcare #airambulance #pilots. Daily they brave weather, tight approaches, & infectious diseases.

Our rotary & fixed-wing pilots are the link between definitive healthcare and remote communities across #BritishColumbia.

@HeliJet @BC_EHS @critcare_medics

[Alison Kabaroff @AlisonKabaroff]

In the military, parachute riggers have to jump with chutes they have packed. I think everyone who writes the IPC rules should have to spend a shift in "hot" environments.

[Tom Zajac @Coq83]

Thanks to hard work, a bit of luck, lots of individual sacrifice (by everyone), an established public health program, a strong publicly funded healthcare system and effective leadership; BC is doing pretty good. We will get through this. #StayHome #covid19Canada #bcpoli #COVID19

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@Coq83 @BC_EHS @critcare_medics dreamy.

#PeopleMagazine #SexiestManAlive2020 #dreamboat

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@FireChiefReid @VanFireRescue @BC_EHS @CityofVancouver @IAFF18 @CovKiran @bcpffa @BCFireChiefs @chiefgjalt @ACSheldonYoung @DeputyTMoore @CdnFireChiefs @AnastasiaInVan Doctors, nurses, #paramedics, & other HCPs are already facing extreme #PPE shortages. Using 3 to 6 N95s for FFs when they are usually cancelled on arrival is a waste of PPE

Esp when some cities (@citypittmeadows) have used these ‘new’ dispatch rules for years. #ppeisnotoptional

[Brandon Adams @EphemeralECG]

@FireChiefReid @VanFireRescue @BC_EHS @CityofVancouver @IAFF18 @CovKiran @bcpffa @BCFireChiefs @chiefgjalt @ACSheldonYoung @DeputyTMoore @CdnFireChiefs @AnastasiaInVan There are instances in which FD response continues to make sense. The updated #BCEHS dispatch rules capture these situations (👇)

FD FRs are very far from #paramedics. That said, FRs serve an important role, but with limitations which must be recognized in the #Covid_19 crisis.